cinematography
/ˌsɪn.ə.məˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/noun
cinematography is spelled C-I-N-E-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cinematography means “The art, process, or job of filming movies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cinematography is cinematographies.
How many letters and syllables are in cinematography?
| Letters | 14: C-I-N-E-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cinematography?
Cinematography appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cinematography?
- UK /ˌsɪn.ə.məˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/
Cinematography has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-cinematography.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cinematography?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cinematography from its last stressed vowel (/ɒɡɹəfi/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cinematography
- cinematographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cinematography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
- 2
Motion picture photography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cinematography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cinématographie |
| German | Lichtbildkunst, Kinematographie |
| Portuguese | cinematografia |
| Spanish | cinematografía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cinematography come from?
From cinematograph + -y. Compare French cinématographie. Possibly analysable as cinemato- + -graphy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).